Mop head



Patented June lfb, i924. Y

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CHARLES F. HOWENSTEVIN, OF FOR/I' WAYNE, NDIANA.

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Application filed April 18, 1922. Serial No. 555,61.

and economically built head in which the mop may be securely fastened insuch manner that the mop is readily attached or detached and affordseasy and thorough ringing of the mop. Another object is to so form thehead that the mop is readily inserted in corners and other placesordinarily difficult to reach. @ther objects will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings l illustrate one manner ot practicing theinvention, in

which Figure l is an elevational view or' the mop, head and handleassembled; Fig. 2 a plan view of the head; Fig. 3 an edge view of thesame and Fig. i a vertical section of the head with the mop securingmeans unfastened and depending therefrom.

Referring to the drawings, l is the usual handle having its lower endadapted to be inserted into a sleeve or socket 2 formed on the upperside of the head 3 and secured therein by any suitable means, as screwor bolt 4. The head is somewhat Hate, as shown, and is formed in theshape of a heart-that is, tapered toward its lower end. A groove 5 isformed in the edge of the head and extends around the same on all. sidesexcept the top, and opening through the top as shown. Adj acent theupper end oi the groove at one end of the head is mounted a screw orother suitable member 6 upon which ismounted a chain '7, by engaging alink thereof on the member 6. Alever 8 is secured to the opposite endlof the chain or to a link at said end. Two pins 9 project from oppositesides of the lever at its lower end and below the point of attachment ofthe lever to the chain. These pins are adapted to be engaged in thenotches l formed in the top of the head at the upper end of the grooveso that when the lever is engaged inthe notches the chain will depend inthe groove from the leverjust as it does romthe screw member 6 on theopposite side of the head.

Above the attachment point of the chain to the lever, the lever isextended upwardly and inwardly toward the handle and also curvedsufficiently to permit said portion of the lever to embrace the handle.

To insert a mop l1 the chain is passed through the same, where the mopis of the cotton cord type, or it'rags or cloth is used the latter aremerely laid on the chain. The chain with its burden Yis then drawnaround the periphery of the head in such manner that the chain willcarrythe material into the groove 5. The pins 9 on the lever 8 areengaged in thenotches 10 and the lever is 4then rocked towards and intoContact with the handle. The point of attachment of the chain isl nowbetween the pivotal point of the lever and the stick and the pull of thechain is substantially straight down on the lever from the said point ofattachment. Hence the lever is rigid against the stick and will not rockoutwardly no matter how much draft is applied to the mo) when ringingthe same. Yet, by manual y rocking the lever outwardly the mop isreadily removed. rlhe insertion and removal of the mop is there-foreaccomplished readily.

There is no bunching of the mop material at the edge of the head, hencethe mop may be wrung up to the head and all surplus water readilyremoved. The tapering shape of the head forms somewhat of a point at itslower end to which the mop conforms, hence it is easy to insert the mopinto a corner and other ordinarily inaccessible places.

Any number of links may be left on the chain above its points ofattachment to the head and tothe lever. Preferably one or more links lieabove the connection to the head so that where a larger mop is to beused the screw 6 may be removed and returned through one oi' the eXtralinks above, thereby lengthening the chain. In a similar manner thechain may-be shortened or any length of chain obtained according to thesize of mop to be used.

`What I claim is:

In a mop head, a substantially flat member having its side edgestapering toward the bottom to cause the outline of the member to besubstantially heart-shaped and having in said edges a mop receivinggroove which opens at its opposite ends at the top V of the member, apair of `notches at the top of the head adjacent one end of the groove,a chain secured in the groove at the opposite end thereof and a leversecured to the opposite end oi the chain and adapted to be engaged inthe notches and to be rocked therein toward the handle for locking thechain With a mop thereon in the groove, the connection of the chain tothe lever being 5 such that in the locking position of the leverl thesaid point of connection oit the chain,y to the lever lies in a planebetween the vertical planes of the handle and the pivotal point of thelever'.

ln Witness whereof l have l'lei'eunto suh- 1U scribed my name this 13th(lay of April, 1922.

CHARLES F. HoWENSTaiN.

